Sirius Satellite Radio.

[randomness]

In Florida, bedfull_o_books and I had a rental car with Sirius Radio in it. I'd driven one before which had a satellite-capable radio but no subscription, so this was the first time I'd actually gotten to listen to the service.

It was nice to have so many stations to listen to, but we ended up listening to the CBC a lot. Vaguely surreal when driving around Florida, but I imagine some Canadians must do it, too.

Reception isn't so great, though. You'd expect it to go out when you go under a concrete overpass, but under some tree branches? There were times when all we were doing was driving along a tree-lined road, and the radio would cut out. Disappointing.

I'm not sure I'm ready to pay for satellite radio, if that's normal.

Comments

[ahkond.livejournal.com]

As a Howard Stern addict I'm happily paying for two receivers (work & home) so that I can listen to Howard's show as well as several of the other shows he's set up on his channels. I only listen to the music stations occasionally. However, I do listen to the stand-up comedy channels now and then, and I don't think the iPod would be a viable replacement for that either.

When I listen to the music channels it's usually for genres that aren't well-represented in my music collection. We don't all have everything ever on mp3. Sometimes it's nice to be exposed to something you haven't already heard.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

When I listen to the music channels it's usually for genres that aren't well-represented in my music collection. We don't all have everything ever on mp3. Sometimes it's nice to be exposed to something you haven't already heard.

Agreed. I get to listen to satellite radio at the gym sometimes, and some really neat stuff comes on at random times. Like, stuff that we used to have on vinyl in the early '80s that my ex got when we broke up; stuff that was amusing if overplayed at the time, that I never got around to buying… I'd never actually buy it all, even for 99 cents each (even if all the songs were available to buy), but it's nice to hear it from time to timr.

Of course, returning to the original point, the gym has pretty good reception. Possibly because it doesn't move around much.